Jorge Martin’🧸s motivation iꦏs partly to prove that Ducati were wrong to overlook him for their factory ride.

Martinꦰ appeared to be a shoo-in to earn a promotion into the🌟 2025 official Ducati garage until Marc Marquez warned that he would not go to Pramac.

Ducati ultimately plumped for Marquez, and ꦚMartin has signed for Aprilia😼 next season.

“He looks [like he has] a strong personality but he’s a sweet guy, a very nice guy,” Pramac owner Paolo Campi𝓡noti told TNT Sports.

“He’s a very good person, very committed and motivated to sh෴ow that Ducati made the wrong choice ✃to bring Marc in!”

Martin could yet take the #1 plate away from Ducati and to their rivals 🐼Aprilia next year.

He currently leads the MotoGP championship - only se☂ven points ahead of Pecco Bagnaia, and 53 ahead of Marque💃z.

Martin’s victory at last week’s sprint race in Misﷺano has laid down a marker ahead of next weeken♐d’s return to the same circuit.

“It wജas very important,” Campinoti admitted. “Jorge was always in front but hadn’t been able to win in the last races.

“For his confidence, he was able to show himself 🅺and everybody that he’s sti𒊎ll there.”

The significance was to deliver a blow ๊to Bagnaia.

“It’s at Pecco’s home - he pretty much lives here,🔯 he knows the track so well, he’s so fast here, he had great race pace, started o𒈔n pole, and was the clear favourite,” TNT Sports’ Neil Hodgson analysed.

“For all the tracks to nick a win ꧙of him, [Martin] did it 🍰here.

“He destroyed him. He got into the lead straight away then controlled it. It was a bori♎ng race because Martin was so perfect.

“I watched someone ri♐ding and braking so deep into the cor🐼ners. It was a world champion’s race.”